Yesterday Drafthouse Films CEO and movie theater visionary Tim League appeared on Anderson Cooper's afternoon talk show to discuss the Alamo's notorious "we'll kick your ass out if you text or talk" rule and the future of film-going etiquette. more ›

The 2012 Academy Award Nominations were announced this morning, and Drafthouse Films has reason to celebrate. Their film Bullhead, which marks the debut of writer/director Michael R. Roskam, has been nominated (very rightfully so, in our opinion) in the Best Foreign Language Film category. more ›

The Alamo Drafthouse is expanding into all new territory next year, as they've announced they'll be opening a theater in the Denver, CO area. The specs for Alamo Aspen Grove sound very similar to the new Austin location set to open in early 2012, Alamo Slaughter Lane. These theaters will have top-of-the-line AV equipment, "microcinemas" and all the excellent food and drink options Alamo lovers have come to anticipate. more ›

Fantastic Fest is known for more than just its crazy films and serious parties. Every year a series of "debates" takes place as well, consisting of both verbal back and forths and rounds of boxing between various tough (but not necessarily buff) film personalities. Last year's highlight was a rough and tumble brawl between Tim League and Michelle Rodriguez, and this year League has challenged James Quinn McDonagh to step into the ring. more ›

The Alamo Drafthouse is expanding to the cinematically under-served southern reaches of Austin with the opening of its newest location, Alamo Slaughter Lane, early in 2012. The details that have been released thus far are pretty exciting, making it a sure bet that film (and tequila) lovers from all over town will be venturing down to check it out. more ›

Prepared to blitzkrieg the entire film industry with bombs of awesomeness, the Alamo Drafthouse is getting into the film distribution game and will be releasing the brilliant Chris Morris jihadist comedy, Four Lions, which had its Austin premiere as the closing night film of SXSW 2010. Carrying the moniker of its flagship, Drafthouse Films is set to bring Four Lions to LA, New York and Austin in the fall. more ›

"Oh, that's cool," we thought, "Leonard Nimoy showed up for the screening of The Wrath of Khan that the Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest had set up for last night." We were so naive to think that the Alamo didn't have some subversive trick up its sleeve. Suddenly, our mobile phone exploded as millions of geeks from inside the maroon-swathed walls of the Alamo South Lamar simultaneously flooded the internet with word that, no, Nimoy had not showed up for TWoK, but rather he had shown up with a never-seen-by-pedestrian-eyes print of the soon-to-be classic J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek. more ›

So, ever since we saw on the Alamo Drafthouse Blog that Tim League would be making an official announcement regarding the opening date of the new Downtown location sometime this week, we have been feverishly refreshing our browsers like a psychotic squirrel searching for a nut. Finally at 3:40AM this morning (Tim is crazy!), after suffering and circumnavigating a summer without our movie Mecca, it has been announced that the Alamo Ritz will officially open... more ›

Programmer Lars Nilsen and owner Tim League raise one final toast to the original Alamo. Alamo patrons don hardhats in preparation for the Earthquake screening.... more ›

This past weekend, Sean of the Dead masterminds Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost (left to right) brought their new cop-comedy Hot Fuzz to town for a screening at the Alamo Drafthouse. The "Hot Fuzztival" was an all-day event featuring four classic cop films including Electra Glide in Blue, Police Story 2, Sudden Impact and Freebie and the Bean—all of which were crowd-pleasers (though it should be noted that the audience booed incessantly... more ›

Fantastic Fest kicks off tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar. The big events lined up for opening night include: an advance screening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning attended by the director and cast-members, including R. Lee Ermey (Full Metal Jacket) The Full Moon Travelling Roadshow hosted by Puppetmaster creator Charles Band, who promises a “live” decapitation a 3-D screening of Parasite 3-D, one of the worst movies ever made about an... more ›

Fantastic Fest starts tomorrow at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar. VIP badges are already sold out, and there are only 80 regular festival badges left. If you love movies, the festival badge is a steal: $110 buys you 8 days of giant monsters, kung fu, chainsaw murders, school girls, angry insects and generally fantastic cinema. (Read our preview) To help prepare you for Fantastic Fest, we conducted a quick interview with Austin's own... more ›